Top Five
Top Five Potential Benefits of Disney's Marvel
- by Bill Reed
- Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 at 12:32 PM EST
Who needs logic and details when you can have wild speculation? Let's hit it!
Top Five Actual Pieta Covers
- by Brian Cronin
- Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 6:40 PM EST
In general, we refer to any cover with one character holding another character outstretched in his/her arms as a "Pieta" cover, after the famous Michelangelo statue of Mary holding Jesus' body.
Well, I was just doing a bit about La Pieta at Legends Revealed here, and it reminded me of the last time I did [...]
Top Five Jim Corrigans
- by Bill Reed
- Saturday, July 18th, 2009 at 8:20 AM EST
For some reason I've yet to fathom, the world of comics has been treated to a number of fellas named Jim Corrigan. Time for them all to throw down and see who comes out on top!
Top Five Fives
- by Bill Reed
- Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 8:30 AM EST
Somewhere between your Fantastic Fours and your Secret Sixes, and well before you get near the Sovereign Sevens, you've got your Fives. Now, you can call fives, high five, take five, plead the fifth, use the five-finger discount, wear five o'clock shadow, and be five by five after the five-second rule, but you can't pick [...]
Top Five Comics Characters Bruce Campbell Should/Could Play
- by Bill Reed
- Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at 7:54 PM EST
My adoration and appreciation for the life and work of Bruce Campbell is well documented across the internets by now. This Friday, I shall be having "Chinfest '09" with my friends, where we'll screen some of the best schlock Bruce has appeared in. Like-minded fans reading this may remember that Bruce was sort of almost [...]
Top Five Warren Zevon Characters Who Would Make for Good Comic Books
- by Brian Cronin
- Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 5:04 PM EST
I did this awhile ago with Bob Dylan characters, but a mention of Warren Zevon by reader Marc Laferriere made me think Zevon would be a great choice for this, too!
So enjoy the top five Warren Zevon characters who would make for good comic books!
Top Five Comics to which One Should Look Forward in 2009
- by Bill Reed
- Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 6:25 PM EST
Never let it be said I didn't use proper grammar. Also, never let it be said that I didn't blatantly steal ideas from my own readership. Wait. No. I want that said.
Anyhoo, this thread on our forum gave me an idea for a post. We're all in our "Best of '08" food comas by now, [...]
Top Five Gross Yet Compelling Scenes from 2008 Comics
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, December 27th, 2008 at 2:41 AM EST
Here are my top five picks for the best gross, yet compelling, scenes I've seen in comics in 2008.
Enjoy!
Top Five Dennis Calero Covers
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:30 PM EST
Here are the top five Dennis Calero covers!
Enjoy!
Top Five Variant Takes on the X-Men
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:27 PM EST
Here are the top five variant takes on the X-Men! Note I don't mean What If...?s or Alternate Realities, but stuff like X-Men Fairy Tales.
Enjoy!
Top Five Action Philosophers Covers
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 10:04 PM EST
Let's work in some Ryan Dunlavey love, too! Here are the Top Five Action Philosophers (the cool philosophy history series by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey) covers!
Enjoy!
Top Five Marvel Zombies Stories
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 6:17 PM EST
Marvel Zombies has been quite the popular concept, no? So here are the Top Five stories containing the Marvel Zombies!
Enjoy!
Top Five Female Superheroes Using Old Male Codenames
- by Brian Cronin
- Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 3:19 AM EST
Okay, that is a terrible title, but I couldn't think of a shorter way of saying what I'm trying to get across. Basically, a common thing is for new female superheroes to show up using the names of older male characters. Sort of how when Hank Pym stopped going by Yellowjacket, Rita DeMara started to [...]
Top Five Mike Zeck Captain America Covers
- by Brian Cronin
- Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 8:24 AM EST
Besides G.I. Joe, the most famous cover work that Mike Zeck did was on Captain America at two different points. Once when he was the regular artist with J.M. DeMatteis, and later on in the 80s when he just did covers during Mark Gruenwald's run.
Here are the top five covers from that time period!
Definitive List of the Five Best Flashes Ever Anywhere
- by Joe Rice
- Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 7:15 PM EST
Comics and nerd "culture" have long been blessed with awesome characters named "Flash. In the usual CSBG style of pentatonic lists, I will now display the absolute facts as to who is best.
